APNewsBreak: Safeway drops sandwich theft charges

HONOLULU (AP) — Safeway is dropping charges against a Honolulu couple whose arrest for stealing sandwiches led to their 2-year-old daughter being taken into state custody and sparked nationwide outrage.Safeway spokeswoman Susan Houghton tells The Associated Press that the company notified the Honolulu police Tuesday that it won't press charges against Marcin and Nicole Leszczynski (les-CHIN'-ski). They were arrested last week when Nicole, who is 30 weeks pregnant, ate a sandwich while shopping and walked out without paying.Their daughter Zofia was taken away by the state and returned to her parents 18 hours later.A Safeway division president has called Nicole to apologize for what she went through.Houghton says management followed procedure by contacting police but Safeway regrets not foreseeing doing so would result in separating a child from her parents.